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Free Download David J. Hesselgrave, "Contextualization: Meanings, Methods, and Models"
English | ISBN: 0878087753 | 2003 | 291 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
This classic textbook brings together the meanings, proposals, and tasks involved in contextualization. Hesselgrave and Rommen explore the history of contextualization in the Bible and the Church while examining the proposals of prominent thinkers on this subject. They conclude with their own definition and approach to contextualization. Those who have come to expect expert analysis of contextualization from David Hesselgrave will not be disappointed with this work. "His Expertise," writes George Peters, "shines through in this book."

Free Download William M. Schniedewind, Gabriele Boccaccini, "Torah: Functions, Meanings, and Diverse Manifestations in Early Judaism and Christianity"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1628375035 | PDF | pages: 571 | 4.8 mb
The present volume explores the ever-evolving understandings and diverse manifestations of the Hebrew notion of torah in early Jewish and Christian literature and the different roles torah played within those communities, whether in Judea or in the Hellenistic and early Roman diaspora. This collection of essays is purposefully wide-ranging, with contributors exploring and rethinking some of the most basic scholarly assumptions and preconceptions about the nature of torah in light of new critical approaches and methodologies. Contributors include Gabriele Boccaccini, Francis Borchardt, Calum Carmichael, Federico Dal Bo, Lutz Doering, Oliver Dyma, Paula Fredriksen, Robert G. Hall, Magnar Kartveit, Anne Kreps, David Lambert, Michael Legaspi, Jason A. Myers, Juan Carlos Ossandón Widow, Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Patrick Pouchelle, Jeremy Punt, Michael L. Satlow, Joachim Schaper, William Schniedewind, Elisa Uusimäki, Jacqueline Vayntrub, Jonathan Vroom, James W. Watts, Benjamin G. Wright III, and Jason M. Zurawski.

Free Download Gillian Lazar, "Meanings and Metaphors: Activities to Practise Figurative Language"
English | 2003 | pages: 145 | ISBN: 0521774365 | PDF | 33,3 mb
A lively collection of vocabulary activities which provide opportunities to use language creatively and to engage in cross-cultural comparisons. Meanings and Metaphors contains a lively collection of vocabulary activities which will open up the world of figurative language to students of intermediate level and above. Each of the 34 photocopiable units has a clear step-by-step lesson plan for the busy teacher which includes a useful background information section for extra support. All the words and expressions included in the book have been checked against the Cambridge International Corpus to ensure that they are relevant, up-to-date and useful to the students. This can be used to supplement most course books and is suitable for a wide range of teaching environments.

Free Download Windows on Mathematical Meanings: Learning Cultures and Computers By Richard Noss, Celia Hoyles (auth.)
1996 | 278 Pages | ISBN: 0792340744 | PDF | 6 MB
This book is the culmination of some ten years’ theoretical and empirical investigation. Throughout this period, we have come into contact with many who have stimulated our thinking, some of whom belong to the community of Mathematics Educators. Our membership of that community has challenged us to make sense of some deep issues related to mathematical learning, especially the cognitive and pedagogical faces of mathematical meaning making. Alongside this community, we are privileged to have been part of another, whose members are centrally concerned both with mathematics and educa tion. Yet many of them might reject the label of Mathematics Educators. This community has historically been clustered around what is now called the Epistemology and Learning Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy. Their work has focused our attention on cognitive science, ethnography, sociology, artificial intelligence and other related disciplines. Crucially, it has forced our awareness of the construction of computational settings as a crucial component of the struggle to understand how mathematical learning happens. We have sometimes felt that few have tried to span both communities. Indeed, an analysis of the references in the literature would, we are sure, reveal that the two communities have often ignored each other’s strengths. One reason for writing this book is born of our hope that we might draw together Mathematics Educators and mathematics educators, and assist both communities in recognising that there are insights that might be derived from each other.

Free Download Tarot Interpretations: Tarot Meanings by Paul Foster Case, Wade Coleman
English | December 13, 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B082RJ2G83 | 310 pages | EPUB | 2.80 Mb
Strengthen your knowledge of the Tarot and learn how to live your best life.

Free Download Barry Taylor, "A Matrix of Meanings: finding God in pop culture"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 080102417X | EPUB | pages: 352 | 1.1 mb
From the glittering tinsel of Hollywood to the advertising slogan you can’t get out of your head, we are surrounded by popular culture. In A Matrix of Meanings Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor analyze aspects of popular culture and ask, What are they doing? What do they represent? and What do they say about the world in which we live? Rather than deciding whether Bono deserves our admiration, the authors examine the phenomenon of celebrity idolization. Instead of deciding whether Nike’s "Just do it" campaign is morally questionable, they ask what its success reflects about our society.

Free Download Benjamin Kaplan, Marybeth Carlson, Laura Cruz, "Boundaries and Their Meanings in the History of the Netherlands"
English | 2009 | pages: 269 | ISBN: 9004176373 | PDF | 3,7 mb
Drawing on a growing interest in the theoretical concept of boundaries, the contributors to this volume seek to understand the process of drawing boundaries, both real and imagined, and the consequences of these processes in the history of the Low Countries.

Free Download Indian Democracy: Meanings and Practices By Rajendra Vora (editor), Suhas Vasant Palshikar (editor)
2004 | 428 Pages | ISBN: 0761997903 | PDF | 81 MB
This volume examines how Indian democracy has survived the challenges posed by widespread illiteracy, poverty, secessionism and communalism―problems that have felled the fledgling democratic institutions of so many post-colonial societies. The contributors locate the reason for the resilience of Indian democracy in its history―that it was the product of a gradual evolution and not of a sudden imposition from above. The essays in the volume, however, show that despite having stood the test of time, Indian democracy is not a democracy in any substantive sense. The economic policies of successive governments since 1985 have been basically anti-people; rampant casteism, communalism, and the use of money and muscle power have infiltrated the body politic. Mass mobilization has been powered by hate, making it a feature more typical of a nascent neo-fascist state than of a democracy. The `substantialization of democracy’―proper representation and people’s participation in decision making―still remains a distant ideal.

Free Download Silvia Bruti, "Subtitling Today: Shapes and Their Meanings "
English | ISBN: 1443880353 | 2015 | 257 pages | PDF | 1309 KB
Nowadays subtitling accomplishes several purposes; it is meant for diverse audiences and comes in many forms. This collection of innovative contributions explores these different manifestations, and offers a snapshot of the state of the art of a dynamic and ever-evolving field of study. This volume intentionally assembles essays that analyse subtitling in various audiovisual genres, including television series, variety programmes, operas, operettas, feature films and live conferences, and that consider various languages, such as Chinese, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese and Polish. It underscores both traditional and novel viewpoints and approaches to the subject, thus broadening the horizons of such a fascinating field. The diversity of topics tackled will encourage further reflection on a well-established research area, and, as such, the volume will appeal to both novice and expert researchers and professionals.

Free Download Bagoes Wiryomartono, "Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality: Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society"
English | ISBN: 1498533086 | 2016 | 160 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
Javanese Culture and the Meanings of Locality: Studies on the Arts, Urbanism, Polity, and Society is an examination of the social and cultural geography of Java. This book penetrates and surveys the Javanese world, and examines the traditions, customs, arts, urban habitation, polity, history, and belief systems of people who speak the Javanese language and live on Java Island in the Indonesian archipelago. A primary focus in these essays is to analyze the meanings of locality in the context of arts, architecture, polity, and society, with the hope of unveiling the potential of local culture in enriching and strengthening the diversity of the global world.